The Yankees came away with a 10-inning, 7-6 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.
Here are some key takeaways…
- Aaron Judge had gone five straight games without a home run, but he ended that streak in the top of the sixth inning. Leading off the inning against Nick Pivetta, Judge waited back on a looping curveball and drove it way out to right-center field.
Then, in the top of the eighth with the Yankees trailing by a run, Judge slammed his second homer, a no-doubt shot over the Monster to tie the game.
Judge's 56th and 57th home runs of the season put him four behind Roger Maris' American League record.
- The game stayed tied 4-4 into extra innings. With Isiah Kiner-Falefa at second, pinch-hitter Aaron Hicks worked a walk, but Gonzalez rolled into an easy double-play, which meant the Sox didn't have to pitch to Judge, walking him intentionally. With two outs and runners on the corners, Giancarlo Stanton worked a walk against Jeurys Familia to load the bases, and Gleyber Torres came through with the big hit, slicing a double to right-center to bring home all three runners.
The Red Sox scored two runs in the bottom of the inning, but Wandy Peralta was ultimately able to record the final out.
- The Red Sox jumped on Gerrit Cole for a pair of runs in the bottom of the second inning. With a man on and two outs, Triston Casas, the No. 2 overall prospect in Boston’s system, demolished a two-run homer high over the Green Monster in left.
The Yankees answered right back in the top of the third, with a two-run shot of their own, this one a Marwin Gonzalez drive to deep right-center off of Pivetta, knotting the game at 2-2.
But Cole couldn’t hold on to that lead for long, as Reese McGuire slammed a solo shot just inside the foul pole in right. Just like that, the Sox were back out in front, 3-2.
- Cole was tagged for yet another home run in the bottom of the sixth inning, this time an opposite-field solo shot from Xander Bogaerts, who snuck one just inside the Pesky Pole in right. Yet again, as soon as the Yankees took the lead, Cole surrendered it by allowing a home run.
Cole ended up going 6.0 innings, allowing four earned runs on four hits, striking out 10 and walking two. Three of the four hits he allowed were home runs.